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Independent hauler plans biz investment after lottery win

Yeah, that’s a big check — for a big win this week in the big Powerball drawing. Independent owner-operator Marvin Thompson’s wife, Amber (both pictured), purchased the winning Powerball ticket at a mini-mart in Daleville, Va. As with so many of these things, it was, she said, the first time she’d ever purchased such a ticket.

According to the Roanoke.com site, Marvin planned to continue his hauling, maybe using some of the money to ” invest in his own business some to build it.” If only we could all be so lucky.

Which reminds me of a comment reader Mark W. Arnold had in response to the question “What do exotic dancers and owner-operators have in common?”, on Facebook after my post from Thursday went live. Why, “That’s easy,” Arnold quipped. “We didn’t build our business!”

Todd Dills

Todd Dills is Senior Editor of Overdrive magazine and writes from Nashville, Tenn. He frequently covers business, regulatory and lifestyle topics for the magazine and at OverdriveOnline.com. His work on the “CSA’s Data Trail” series in Overdrive about the federal CSA program was awarded the highest honor in trade journalism – the “Grand Neal” – by American Business Media at the 2014 Jesse H. Neal Awards. Dills’ Channel 19 blog covers a grab bag of on-highway hearsay, owner-operator news and driver views from the roadways the nation over. His work in trucking journalism builds on a background of news feature, fiction and other creative writing and editing. Find him here at the Channel 19 blog and via his Twitter feed, or send tips to tdills@randallreilly.com or via phone at 205-907-2481.